Try: _Rhoeo_discolor_ or (_Tradescantia_discolor_), sometimes called "babe
in a cradle."
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From: noname <estralita at aol.comnojunk>
To: <plantbio at hgmp.mrc.ac.uk>
Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 2:59 AM
Subject: Looking for a special Plant!!!!!!!
> I am searching for a plant that i have always known as a christ in a
manger.
> Everywhere i've gone i've gone to find one no one know what i refer to.
Most
> people
> want to make it be a morning glory. A morning glory is a vine. This is one
of
> the most beautiful plants you ever want to see. In the morning the bloom
opens
> up just as the morning glory does, and in the evening it closes up like
the
> morning glory does, however the christ in a manger when it opens up in the
> morning there is a part of the bloom on the insite that has a distinct
look of
> a baby lying in a manger. My mom had some when i was a child, and i'd
really
> love to find some. I'd appreciate any assistance i can find in finding
these.
> Thank you in advance.
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